We take for granted how easy it is to make electronic music today. All the hardware and software tools available facilitate the creation of musical styles like hip-hop, house, and breakbeats, but we forget that once upon a time people made music from scratch and they understood the process of its creation thoroughly. What we’ve sacrificed for ease of use is a deeper knowledge of how electronic music is made. Thankfully we’ve still got Aphex Twin, the sonic shaman that reminds us with each project that, when you live and breathe the nitty gritty of sound, the product is 100% pure.
Debuting in Wroclaw, Poland in 2011 and arriving in his native UK this past October, Remote Orchestra finds Aphex Twin taking control offstage. The first act consists of an orchestra facing a screen and following visual cues as their conductor and sheet music. The second is a remotely-controlled piano swinging on a pendulum while playing an Aphex Twin composition. Finally, a piece referencing Steve Reich‘s Pendulum Music.
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Watch the trailer above, and find out more over at our arty sister site, the Creators Project.
